sasuhina- flyaway4

Fly Away PART 4

Sasuke had sensed an unfamiliar presence behind him, and had thrown a fast kunai without looking back. He expected to hear a scream, or drops of blood hit the ground. But he heard nothing.

He slowly turned around and saw Kana. In her hand was the kunai that she had caught between her index and middle fingers. An expressionless face stared at him. She walked toward him and returned the kunai.

Sasuke, impressed slightly, decided to put her through a test. “Spar with me.”

Still an emotionless face. He hated that so much. But she answered, “I don’t know how to fight.”

“Maybe you do. Let’s just try.”

Sasuke was behind her with a swift movement. He swung a kick at her back, but was stopped by her white hand. She clenched his foot, and with her other hand, jabbed a finger in three placed in his leg.

The moment she released his foot, Sasuke fell to the ground unable to move that one leg. After many attempts and forces, he got back on his feet, although that leg felt quite numb.

“Katon: Gokayou no jutsu!”

If Kana was surprised by the sudden jutsu, she didn’t show it. Instinctively, her hands and fingers moved.

“Suiton: Water Bullet.” Her whispery voice said. The fireball was demolished into steam, and she used this chance to attack Sasuke.

However he was ready, but this time with a katana. Kana, with her Byakuugan activated, saw it, and grabbed a nearby random sword. She countered his attack and parried with him.

Sasuke noted that her movements were fluid, like water, and she moved, with an agile grace.

He then saw an opening at her neck, but completely forgot that his neck was open too. The two stopped in the mist of their action. It was a draw. Both swords were at both necks.

There was a clapping at the doorway, and their eyes turned to see Orochimaru and Kabuto.

Kabuto didn’t say anything, but he seemed to be observing Kana, and a smile creeped on his face.

Orochimaru said in his hissing voice, “Impressive, I must say. Sasuke-kun, I believe you’ve found a sparring partner.”

Sasuke glared at Orochimaru. He didn’t want to be stuck with this annoying doll-like girl.

Kana was confused with herself. She turned to Kabuto and asked, “How…did I fight? I don’t remember-“

“My guess is that, although your mind doesn’t remember how to battle, your body remembers. So I think it would be good to rely on battle instincts with you,” Kabuto replied.

Kana turned her gaze on the place where the wall met the ground. She didn’t want to look at these strange people. She felt as if she should know all 3 of them from somewhere…but where?

“I’m surprised you healed so fast,” Sasuke grumbled.

Her white eyes met his charcoal black ones, and she smiled a faint smile. A first.

“Thank you.”

Orochimaru smiled. This girl might prove more useful than I thought.

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Kana had a kunai in her hand, carving kanji onto the stone ground of her bedroom.

The door slammed open, revealing a grumpy Sasuke. Kanna hurriedly threw a cloth over the writing on the ground, before he could notice.

“You’re not going to eat?” Sasuke said with an annoyed sigh.

Kana shook her head. “I’m not hungry.”

Sasuke turned his back on her, and said over his shoulder, “Tch. Don’t blame me, if you lose tomorrow in a fight.”

Once he left, Kana uncovered the engraving and continued to write. Taking in a deep breath her kunai brushed over the cold ground.

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“Oh? Kana’s not eating?” Kabuto said.

Sasuke grunted a no, and dully spooned in his dinner. Suddenly, a tray with a bowl of soup and rice was shoved in front of him.

Kabuto’s face appeared before his and he said, “Go bring it to her.”

“What?! Why?!”

“Because her method of healing, isn’t going to help if she has no energy. Go bring it to her.”

“She’s not hungry!”

“It’s best to eat after operation.”

Sasuke groaned, and snatched the tray off the table. Once reaching her room, he banged on the door, and walked in without letting her say a thing.

But he stopped.

The girl was asleep, with her back against the wall, a kunai in her hand. Sasuke rushed over to her side, to check for blood. When finding none, he removed the kunai from her hand, and examined the edge. He saw pieces of stone on it, and he looked at his feet.

Writing was engraved there, and his eyes consumed the kanji:

Lost.

I shouldn’t be here.

I should be dead.

But why?

Why can’t I remember?

Sasuke noticed that the ground had wet drops over the writing. Tears?

His attention turned to Kana. Her face was a little bit wet from crying. Sasuke could see the lost look on her face, and the drenching sadness. He wondered what it would feel like if he was lost, feeling as if there was no purpose to live.

Sasuke took in Kana’s features, this time he paid attention to every detail for a strange reason. He felt as if he had seen her before.

Her silky dark midnight hair was tied back simply, but some of her bangs fell loose on the sides of her face. Black lashes contrasted on her white angelic face.

Sasuke sighed and got up, taking the tray with him. Before he left though, he carelessly threw a blanket over the girl. But looking back at her, he set the tray back down, and gently covered her appropriately with the blanket.

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“And you still didn’t give her the food?” Kabuto said with a frown.

“She’s asleep.” This silenced Kabuto.

Sasuke walked around the entire building, and thought about the engraving in the ground. He felt a spark of pity for the girl but quickly dismissed it.